Sakharov

Sakharov (feminine: Sakharova) (Сахаров, Сахарова) is a Russian surname, derived from the word "сахар" (sugar). Other spellings of the surname are Saharov / Saharova, Sakharoff, Saharoff.

The surname may refer to:

Saharov

 * Aleksander Saharov (born 1982), Estonian professional footballer

Sakharof

 * Berry Sakharof (born 1957), Israeli rock guitarist, songwriter and singer

Sakharoff

 * Alexander Sakharoff (1886–1963), Russian dancer, teacher, and choreographer

Sakharov

 * Alik Sakharov (born 1959), American television director.
 * Andrei Sakharov (1921–1989), Russian physicist and anti-Soviet dissident
 * Andrey Sakharov (historian) (1930–2019), Russian historian
 * Anton Sakharov (born 1982), Russian footballer
 * Gleb Sakharov (born 1988), Uzbek–French tennis player
 * Nikita Sakharov (1915–1945), Soviet Evenk writer
 * Sophrony (Sakharov) (1896–1993), Christian monk, mystic and teacher
 * Vladimir Sakharov (born 1948), former Soviet footballer
 * Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov (1853–1920), general of the Russian Imperial Army
 * Vladimir Vladimirovich Sakharov (1902–1969), Soviet geneticist
 * Yuri Sakharov (1922–1981), Ukrainian chess master

Sakharova

 * Julia Sakharova, Russian violinist
 * Tatiana Sakharova (born 1973), Russian politician

Other

 * 1979 Sakharov, a main-belt asteroid named for Andrei Sakharov
 * Sakharov (film), a 1984 TV film starring Jason Robards as Andrei Sakharov